Definition of Assenting

1. Noun. Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly). "Assenting to the Congressional determination"

Exact synonyms: Accession
Generic synonyms: Agreement
Derivative terms: Accede

Definition of Assenting

1. a. Giving or implying assent.

Definition of Assenting

1. Verb. (present participle of assent) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Assenting

1. assent [v] - See also: assent

Literary usage of Assenting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Humanity Immortal, Or, Man Tried, Fallen, and Redeemed by Laurens Perseus Hickok (1872)
"THE Assenting WILL MUST BE TO THE TRUTH.— The power of the spirit is not on nor ... No intelligent willing can be in darkness, and this assenting spiritual ..."

2. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Edmund Story-Maskelyne (1872)
"For more than seven months he took no steps, but eventually moved to cancel the registration of the deed:—Hold, that whether the assenting creditors did or ..."

3. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens (1868)
"... assenting, they decided on this course of action, and pulled for Blackfriars accordingly. They landed at a critical time, and fortunately for themselves ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... would be entitled to recover the money hack, on the ground of the countermand. The other Judges assenting, , .1 Postea ta the Plaintiff ..."

5. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1847)
"... by which we are inclined to the obedience of faith, in assenting to those truths, which unto a natural and carnal man are foolishness. ..."

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